Before you say the game-changing “I do,” there’s so much prep to do for the happiest day of your life. Picking up the most perfect white dress is one. Sending out fancy invitations to guests (and not forgetting anyone) is another. Planning the whole celebration part is third. And when the list seems never-ending, you realize there has to be a perfect wedding cake and you can’t let yet another baking fail happen.
Luckily for all the newlyweds, wedding cake artisans exist and their mad decorating skills are on a whole new level. So, Bored Panda has compiled some of the most elaborate, creative, and unique wedding cake designs that look so good they may as well hang one in a museum after the party’s over.
Get ready to upvote your faves and share some with your friend whose wedding planning has gotten way out of hand. Who knows—you may save some tears and not let cake expectations vs. reality ruin the big day, as it sometimes happens.
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Detail Of The Wedding Cake Made By My Dad As A Surprise For His Grand-Daughters Wedding. 100% Edible
That's gorgeous!!! How would anyone go about eating that?
The Perfect Wedding Cake For Dog Owners
I’m Getting Married Today, And I Made Our Wedding Cake! Layers Of Pumpkin And Apple Spice Cake, Maple Cream Cheese Frosting, Fresh Fruit And Herbs, Candied Spiced Pecans And Pumpkin Seeds. It’s Only Going To Be Shared With Like Four People But I Wanted To Go All Out. Thanks For Looking!
Love it more than any other on this list. This one makes my mouth water just looking at it.
In order to find out what exactly it takes to create a gallery-worthy wedding cake, Bored Panda reached out to internationally acclaimed cake designer Maggie Austin, who has worked with illustrious clients all over the globe, from President Obama’s White House Christmas celebrations to Hollywood parties.
Maggie said that in order to make a truly unique wedding cake, one needs a unique couple. “What I love most about working with clients is that I create designs that reflect the aesthetic of their individual weddings. From the sugar flowers to the color palette to the texture of the design elements, each cake is an expression of what the couple loves.”
This Very Accurate Dog Owners Wedding Cake
'Embroidered' Wedding Cake
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Sometimes, Maggie said, she’s asked to incorporate details that carry special meaning just for the newlyweds. For example, “One bride asked me to include a wild boar in the design as a surprise homage to the groom's family crest!”
The cake designer said that usually, she begins working on sugar flowers and decorative elements many months in advance, and the cake decoration takes place on Friday night before a Saturday wedding. “I am putting on final touches right up until the moment that I leave the venue. I love that the sugar flowers last forever.”
Moreover, “many couples choose to display their sugar flowers under a cloche as a beautiful memento of their wedding,” Maggie told us.
LEGO Wedding Cake
Amazing Detail On This Wedding Cake
Book-Lovers Wedding Cake
Maggie also said that she prefers “loose, organic floral arrangements and soft, textile-inspired design elements.” These days, she has noticed that couples are more likely to embrace the beauty of visual movement instead of the rigid symmetry typical to more old-fashioned cake designs.
Embroidered Wedding Cake
An Extremely Creative Wedding Cake
Otter Wedding Cake I Made Today. Chocolate Blackberry Flavored. With White Chocolate Otters
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This Is A Wedding Cake I Made For Very Special Friends
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Beautiful And Subtle Harry Potter Wedding Cake
Half Batman Half Traditional Wedding Cake
My Wedding Cake: 100% Edible
It's funny that its meant to just look like pieces of a dead tree, but we think it's beautiful! I can't judge that's what I had at my wedding lol.
Geode Wedding Cake
Cable Knit Wedding Cake
[homemade] Wedding Cake
Literary/ Book-Themed Wedding Cake
Mawwige..is wot bwings us togetha..today. Wuv, twuuuu wuv.
What Do Y’all Think About Modern Wedding Cakes? I Made This Beauty For A Modern Wedding At A Warehouse
Secret Identity Of A Wedding Cake
Forest Themed Wedding Cake
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Self Made Forest Wedding Cake For My Sister
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This Was The Cake I Created For A Stunning Droomtroue Wedding End Of Last Year... With Smoke Pouring Out Of The Aladin Lamp And Lighting In The Geode Cave
Glowing In The Dark Wedding Cake
The Wedding I'm At Has The Best Cake I've Ever Seen
Pillow Wedding Cake
Disney Wedding Cake
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Original Wedding Cake
Beautiful Wedding Cake
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Queen Elizabeth II's Wedding Cake, 1947. Dubbed "The 10,000 Mile Wedding Cake" After Its Ingredients Were Flown In From Australia And South Africa, The Cake Measured 9 Ft In Height And Weighed 500 Lbs
Beauty And The Beast Themed Wedding Cake
We Are Super Proud Of Ourselves! It Was A Huge Pleasure Makes The Little Prince Cake
May The 4th Be With You. Awesome Star Wars Cake From Lauren And Mark’s Wedding
I want to believe that at the reception, the father of the bride pulled the groom aside to say "Mark...I am your father-in-law"
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Wedding Cake With Pressed On Flowers
This Lotr (Minas Tirith) Wedding Cake
My Wife Made This Wedding Cake
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I Made My First Ever Wedding Cake Today And I’m Really Proud And Wanted To Share
[homemade] Rainbow Wedding Cake By My Wife
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This Cake For A Wedding At Win Cathedral Has A Little Golden Retriever Puppy Peeking Out From One Of The Tiers!
Wedding We Went To Today Had Periodic Table Cupcakes As Their Wedding Cake
[i Ate] Doctor Who/Vincent Van Gogh Wedding Cake
I really love the cupcakes, and how amazing it is, ur an inner artist :D
Star Wars Wedding Cake
A 1.5-Ton Wedding Cake Made For The Wedding Of A Relative Of The President Of Kazakhstan [1119x1165]
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Cake Themed Harry Potter
Awesome Peacock Wedding Cake With Cupcakes By Malizzi Cakes 😲
The Wedding I Am At Has A Cheesecake. A Cake Actually Made Of Cheese
The Topper Of The Cake That We Made This Weekend
The Cutest Wedding Cake, A Globe With All The Spots They Have Travelled Together, On Top Of A Suitcase #comeflywithme
Beach Themed Wedding Cake
So, We Had A LOTR Themed Cake At Our Wedding Today
Royal Wedding Cake
Harry Potter Wedding Cake Made For My Friends Big Day
Amazing Wedding Cake
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Groot Wedding Cake
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Spot On Cake At The Wedding I Was At Today
Got To Make The Fanciest Cake Of My Career For My Friend's Wedding
A Very Massive Congratulations To The Brand New Mr & Mrs A Mcgowan Who Finally Managed To Tie The Knot Today
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Our Wedding Cake
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Bow Wedding Cake
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What Felix And Marzia’s Wedding Cake Must Have Been Like
Tetris Cake
Today's Wedding Cake! So In Love With It
Loved This Wedding Cake I Made
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This Wedding Cake
This Secret Garden Inspired Wedding Cake. The Cake Featured Their Beautiful Wedding Flowers Of Red Roses, Daisies, Sunflowers And Ivy
Little fairy mushrooms and bumblebees and two adorable handmade sugar rabbits as a topper with airbrushed detailing, a wood effect sugar sign, and a sugar plant pot.
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Staircase Wedding Cake
Rockin’ Drum Themed Wedding Cake
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Both Me And And My Wife Are Gamers. This Was Our Wedding Cake (Our A Actual Destiny Characters On Top)
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Double-Sided Wedding Cake
Friends Wedding Cake. The One Where A Lovely Couple Get Married
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So many things being referenced! I love it, and I know I'm going to look back later and see something I missed (the face-hugger almost got past me)
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Wife And I Had A Got Cake For Our Wedding. Made The Wall Out Of Red Velvet, Had 2 LEGO Viking Figures For Topping. It Was 10.5 Kg And Fed 120 Peeps
The Fox And The Bear Get Hitched
Gothic Style Wedding Cake
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An Aussie-American Wedding Cake.
Minions - Bride And Groom
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Super Hero Cake
These are really beautiful, but I wonder how they taste... looks lak half of these are covered in like a solid 2 pounds of fondant lol
You'd probably have to remove some of the icing and/or fondant.
Load More Replies...Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't invite my current pop culture obsession into a ceremony that's meant to last the rest of my life. A film series or video game theme seems really appropriate for a birthday party that's about a snapshot of your age, but it would just feel weird to be looking through old wedding pictures in the future and explaining that these are all settings and characters from some cartoon you watched 30 years ago.Incredible cake work on everything here, though!
But it depends on the couple. Perhaps they bonded over that particular theme, then looking at pictures in the future would be a wonderful memory. If it represents the couple and what they love, I see no problem.
Load More Replies...These are really beautiful, but I wonder how they taste... looks lak half of these are covered in like a solid 2 pounds of fondant lol
You'd probably have to remove some of the icing and/or fondant.
Load More Replies...Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't invite my current pop culture obsession into a ceremony that's meant to last the rest of my life. A film series or video game theme seems really appropriate for a birthday party that's about a snapshot of your age, but it would just feel weird to be looking through old wedding pictures in the future and explaining that these are all settings and characters from some cartoon you watched 30 years ago.Incredible cake work on everything here, though!
But it depends on the couple. Perhaps they bonded over that particular theme, then looking at pictures in the future would be a wonderful memory. If it represents the couple and what they love, I see no problem.
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